R3鈥檚 Corda steps up for DLT lending platform 05 April 2017 New York Reporter: Stephanie Palmer Liquidity management company HQLAX has teamed up with R3 and five of its member banks to build a collateral lending solution for liquidity transfers
OCC鈥檚 McClain to head DTCC equity clearing 04 April 2017 New York Reporter: Stephanie Palmer The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation has appointed Michael McClain as managing director and general manager of equity clearing
EU beneficial owners see asset dropoff 04 April 2017 Frankfurt Reporter: Drew Nicol Pension fund and insurance company balance sheets contracted, according to data from the European Central Bank
FCA sheds light on MiFID II rules 31 March 2017 London Reporter: Stephanie Palmer The UK鈥檚 Financial Conduct Authority has published near-final rules on its implementation of MiFID II
CACEIS to provide sec lending services Orca Capital 30 March 2017 Munich Reporter: Drew Nicol CACEIS has been selected to provide securities lending services to Munich-based Orca Capital for Orca鈥檚 global securities and bonds trading business
Paralympic champion to close ISLA 2017 30 March 2017 Berlin Reporter: Drew Nicol The UK鈥檚 most successful paralympic athlete will be the closing keynote for this year鈥檚 ISLA conference
Goldman gains new global sec lending head 30 March 2017 New York Reporter: Drew Nicol Goldman Sachs fills global head of securities lending vacancy and forms new equities team for improved synthetics and prime services
UK kicks off Brexit with Article 50 activation 29 March 2017 London Reporter: Drew Nicol The UK has officially pulled the trigger on Article 50 and commenced the two-year negotiation process that will end in its exit from the EU
Deutsche B枚rse-LSEG merger blocked 29 March 2017 London Reporter: Stephanie Palmer The European Commission has prohibited the proposed merger between Deutsche B枚rse and the London Stock Exchange Group
OCC clearers due $47m refund 29 March 2017 Chicago Reporter: Drew Nicol OCC has confirmed that its next instalment of refunds and dividends will delivered later this year
Investment Association: Keep to the code 28 March 2017 London Reporter: Mark Dugdale The UK asset management-backed industry code to standardise disclosure for charges and transaction costs has recommended specific treatment for securities lending to meet national and European regulatory requirements
Deutsche AM cuts collateral margins 28 March 2017 Luxembourg Reporter: Drew Nicol Deutsche Asset Management's cuts its securities lending collateral margin requirements for its db x-trackers ETFs